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GRAVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manner that is serious and solemn
Synonyms:
graveness; gravity; soberness; sobriety; somberness; sombreness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("gravity" is a kind of...):
earnestness; serious-mindedness; seriousness; sincerity (the trait of being serious)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gravity"):
stodginess; stuffiness (dull and pompous gravity)
Derivation:
grave (of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought)
grave (dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A solemn and dignified feeling
Synonyms:
gravity; solemnity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("gravity" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gravity"):
earnestness; seriousness; sincerity (an earnest and sincere feeling)
Antonym:
levity (feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
Example:
gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love
Synonyms:
gravitation; gravitational attraction; gravitational force; gravity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("gravity" is a kind of...):
attraction; attractive force (the force by which one object attracts another)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gravity"):
solar gravity (the gravity of the sun)
Derivation:
gravitate (move due to the pull of gravitation)
Context examples:
Issue associated with an undesirable descent of a device component due to the force of gravity, usually from a higher to a lower level, usually the ground or floor.
(Fall of Medical Device Component, Food and Drug Administration)
The concept also refers to the weight-weight percentage concentration given that standard values for specific gravity of the solute and the solution are used.
(Percent Mass per Mass, NCI Thesaurus)
The concept also refers to the weight-volume percentage concentration given that standard values for specific gravity of the solute are used.
(Percent Mass per Volume, NCI Thesaurus)
“That is for us to find out,” said Sherlock Holmes with peculiar gravity.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Having high relative density or specific gravity; permitting little if any light to pass through.
(Dense, NCI Thesaurus)
The degree of gravity of a clinical event.
(Clinical Events Severity, NCI Thesaurus)
Despite the different materials, temperatures and gravity fields between Earth and Titan, many surface features are similar between the two worlds and can be interpreted as being products of the same geologic processes.
(The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed, NASA)
Data also came from Jason-1, NASA's satellite that was redirected to map gravity fields during the last year of its 12-year mission.
(New map uncovers thousands of unseen seamounts on ocean floor, NSF)
A measure of how far a patient can move a body part against gravity
(Active Range of Motion, NCI Thesaurus)
The study of the mechanics of a living body, especially of the forces exerted by muscles and gravity on the skeletal structure.
(Biomechanics, NCI Thesaurus)
